§ Sir David PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in theOfficial Report the size of the electorate of each parliamentary constituency in Hampshire and the extent to which each such constituency differs from the electoral quota for England, expressed both in numbers and in percentage.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is given in the table. 41W
Parliamentary constituency Electors on 1990 register 1989 register Electors Above electoral quota by Number Per cent. Aldershot 83,356 82,750 13,217 19.0 Basingstoke 83,111 81,557 12,024 17.3 East Hampshire 91,512 91,737 22,204 31.9 Eastleigh 91,259 90,119 20,586 29.6 Fareham 81,399 80,864 11,331 16.3 Gosport 70,903 70,478 945 1.4 Havant 77,158 77,426 7,893 11.4 New Forest 76,278 76,647 7,114 10.2 North West Hampshire 72,637 72,156 2,623 3.8 Portsmouth North 81,523 81,453 11,920 17.1 Portsmouth South 77,127 76,521 6,988 10.0 Romsey and Waterside 83,302 82,910 13,377 19.2 Southampton, Itchen 73,223 72,658 3,125 4.5 Southampton, Test 74,703 74,334 4,801 6.9 Winchester 79,226 79,373 9,840 14.2 Note: The 1989 electoral quota for England was 69,533. The 1990 quota cannot be calculated until the electorates for all constituencies in England are available centrally in about two months time.